Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms of Peasant Resistance
About this audiobook
This sensitive picture of the constant and circumspect struggle waged by peasants materially and ideologically against their oppressors shows that techniques of evasion and resistance may represent the most significant and effective means of class struggle in the long run.
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About the author
James C. Scott (1936–2024) was an American political scientist, anthropologist, and author. His many books include Seeing Like a State, Agrarian Studies, The Art of Not Being Governed, and Against the Grain. He was Sterling Professor of Political Science and professor emeritus of anthropology at Yale University. He was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was awarded several resident fellowships, including at MIT. In 2020, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.
Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater–acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn’t looked back!
